The Divine Light

An image from my recent trip to Iceland, on our way to the Jökulsárlón glacier lake we had some great light shining through the mountains so we stopped and made some images.

While the image had some great colour, this scene for me was mainly defined for the quality of the light, so I felt converting it to b&w would emphasise that quality. The awesome thing about Iceland is that in summer you have lots of time with great light, simply because the sun is low all night long

Let me know what you think!

Large: http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/largephoto.cgi?ref=153785

p.s. View in a darkish room to get the most out of this image.

Tech: 7d, 138mm f/11

I'm not a fan of B&W but I find this very striking. I would still love to see the scene in all its colourful glory.

I too think the colour version will show the quality of light better than this B&W version. I like the shot Jorne.

Andy...

I agree, a nice shot but it just leaves me wanting to see it in colour.

David

Jorne I think I too would like to see the colour version as I think it may do it more justice than the B&W.

B&W works for me - would love to see this as a BIG print

I recall looking at a Rodney Lough image as a large print, and this reminds me of it.

I think I would like to see this in colour too. I think as a b&w version I would like to see a bit more contrast, although I think it works as a pastel b&w too as presented.

From my point of view on the composition I'm not entirely convinced the crop is right for this - I can't put my finger on it but feel the cloud at the top doesn't go with the image.

Too make it more simplistic I would probably consider cropping just below the darker clouds at the top left.

Ian